In this episode, Danielle Damrell and Sherita Harkness help listeners process the emotional impact of rejection, explore how rejection influences our sense of worth, and introduce creative processing as a way to reclaim identity and cultivate internal belonging.

YOU are Created Worthy.

The Episode Rundown:

✨ Why Rejection Hurts

✨ The Lie that We’re Not Enough

✨ Navigating External Validation vs. Internal Peace

✨ Consequences of Unprocessed Rejection

✨ Grounding Yourself in Belonging

✨ Danielle and Sherita’s Personal Insights on Rejection

✨ Creative Processing Exercise

✨ An Actionable Challenge for Listeners

+ SO MUCH MORE!

Creative Processing Defined: Activating your creative mind to process a certain intention.

CREATIVE PROCESSING CHALLENGE: REJECTION

Set this intention before engaging in the exercise:

• The purpose of [JOURNALING OR CREATING HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CREATE] is to process [REJECTION] and awaken my sense of belonging.

• When you pair intention with creativity, you begin to break shame-based patterns and reconnect with truth.

Step 1: Acknowledge the Wound

• Rejection doesn’t always come from strangers—it can come from family, friends, churches, jobs, and even past versions of yourself.

• Ask: Where in my story have I experienced rejection?

• Journaling Strategy: Write about a rejection that still lingers.

• What message did it send about your worth?

• Is that message true?

Step 2: Rewrite the Narrative

• You cannot always prevent rejection, but you can interrupt the false belief it leaves behind.

• Truth: Belonging isn’t granted by others—it’s developed within.

• Journaling Strategy:

• Write a new affirmation or truth statement that reclaims your worth.

• Example: “Even when others don’t choose me, I am chosen and created on purpose.”

Step 3: Rebuild Belonging from Within

• Belonging starts with being at home with yourself.

• Practices that build internal belonging:

• Creative expression

• Speaking life over yourself

• Boundaries that protect your peace

• Reminders of your God-given identity

• Journaling Strategy:

• What does it look like to belong to yourself again?

• Reflect: How can you honor that this week?

CONNECT WITH SHERITA HARKNESS:

LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheritat4z/ ⬅️ Listen to her mini-episodes!

SHERITA’S BOOK: The Sustainer Within - https://www.collidescopepublishing.com/items/the-sustainer-within

WEBSITE - https://www.t4zpowerplay.com/

INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/sjharkness1/

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE BY ROBERT MCGEE - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0849944244/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_6QWP727FTV8KYV0459H7?linkCode=ml1&tag=ddcc0aa-20

THE BIG LEAP BY GAY HENDRICKS - https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361

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